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Galega x hartlandii 'Lady Wilson'  On Monday, our garden was included in the HPSO Study Weekend. This is a four-day event that includes speakers, plant/art sales and garden tours. The event rotates every two years between the cities of Portland, Seattle, Victoria B.C. and Vancouver B.C.  It will be 2033 before Portland hosts again. I toured the Portland gardens on Friday and Saturday and will share some photos in my next post. The weather was perfect on those days. Not so much on Monday, the day for the Vancouver, Washington gardens tour, and by late afternoon, the temperature had reached 94. However, it wasn't too bad in the first part of the day, and that's when we received the most visitors. We didn't have an exact count, but making an estimate based on our guestbook, I would say around 200 people. It was a hectic but fun day! We had a lot of visitors from Seattle and areas north of us as attendees were making their way home. Every time we open our garden, there ...

Fall Colors

The fall colors have really been kicking in these past weeks. I've made a video with live shots of the most colorful plants in the garden right now. 

 

 Or, if you'd rather just see the photos -

Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus 'Rudy Haag' and Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)


 

Birch (Betula pendula 'Trost's Dwarf')

 

 

Amsonia hubrichtii


 

Sumac 'Tiger Eyes' ((Rhus typhina ‘Bailtiger’))

 

Vine Maple 'Pacific Fire' (Acer circinatum)

 

Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Miss'

 

Persian Ironwood (Parrotia persica)

 

Bloodtwig Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire')

 

 

Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo)

 

Redbud (Cercis 'Rising Sun')

 

 

Dogwood (Cornus kousa 'Celestial Shadow')

 

Dogwood (Cornus kousa 'Wolf Eyes')

 

Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)

 

Redbud (Cercis 'Hearts of Gold') and 'Pacific Fire' vine maple in back

Pomegranate (Punica granantum 'Crimson Sky')



Coral Bark Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum 'Sango Kaku')

Serviceberry (Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance')

Stewartia psuedocamellia

 


Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

Comments

  1. Love how you designed in some good strong color for fall!

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  2. Love how you designed in some good strong color for fall!

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  3. I loved the video tour.... causes me to wonder why we close garden tours so early, but then again it does rain here regularly by October! Your garden is lovely in the fall.

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  4. Autumn is my favorite season in large part because of the amazing colors that paint our gardens. Your garden is an excellent example of that. I'm in love with the potted Pomegranate!

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  5. I love all that foliage color! We don't get anything like that in my part of SoCal. I've only a handful of plants that color-up at all but I probably won't see anything from them for another month or more.

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  6. Lots and lots of color--it is beautiful. I love the photo of the Amsonia with the 'Rozanne' flowers popping up through it.

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  7. Good camerawork and editing on the video as well!

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